{"title":"Marina Sonkina","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarina Sonkina explores vivid narratives that weave together elements of everyday life with imaginative storytelling. Her works, such as \u003cem\u003eOne Thousand and A Night as Told by Larissa\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eConstruction Shock-Worker\u003c\/em\u003e, offer readers richly textured characters and settings grounded in contemporary experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in general fiction, Sonkina’s books invite reflection on personal and social themes through compelling prose and nuanced perspectives. Expect stories that balance introspection with engaging plots, making her voice a distinctive addition to modern literary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"one-thousand-and-a-night-as-told-by-larissa-construction-shock-worker-by-marina-sonkina-9781771839662","title":"One Thousand and A Night as Told by Larissa, Construction Shock-Worker","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Thousand and A Night as Told by Larissa, Construction Shock-Worker\u003c\/i\u003e is both a comic and tragic saga of a Ukrainian-Russian-Jewish family, headed by an irreverent, no-nonsense eighty-year-old Larissa, whose vitality and life-affirming wit overcomes all the hurdles thrown her way by the Soviet regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoth lighthearted and tragic, this tale of suffering and love takes us to Ukraine, central Russia, Siberia, Montenegro and Canada. The \"silent generations\" of Soviet history speak through the voice of a woman who is trying to come to terms with the dramatic past of her two countries—Russia and Ukraine—as well as her own family history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607307534572,"sku":"9781771839662","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3bb7f494f29345c41780df9f77968586.jpg?v=1778190452"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/marina-sonkina.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}